Psalm 17
O LORD, attend unto my cry
You are the Lord on high
O hear unto my prayer
Take me unto your care
and lead me from despair
O LORD, attend unto my cry
You are the reason why
That I shall never die
attend unto my cry
Mighty God, it is you on high
For your love, I will not deny
My Jesus Lord above
And His relentless love
Undying bliss when you are nigh
attend unto my cry
Author notes
Prompt: 15 lines
Psalm 17: O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer
Rondeau
A Rondeau is a French form, 15 lines long, consisting of three stanzas: a quintet, a quatrain, and a sestet with a rhyme scheme as follows: aabba aabR aabbaR. Lines 9 and 15 are short - a refrain (R) consisting of a phrase taken from line one. The other lines are longer (but all of the same metrical length).
Form Resource: Shadowpoetry
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A contest entry
- #16 OPTIONS CONTEST (: by Walk-Free.
540 points, ended July 3, 2008, 9 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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a beautiful and powerful prayer...x
"O hear unto my prayer
Take me unto your care
and lead me from despair"
brilliant rhyme. i love this line.
these 15 lines touched me
keep believing in Jesus (:
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beautiful again Amera it seems as these come so natural to you and many do not understand a verse in the bible as these will help simplify them those that desire to know and understand.
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That is very beautiful I wonder how many times I've prayed the same prayer in differnt words. Very good.
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Holy Momma!!
You even did this in form
Wow!
Love it!!
Beautiful again...should I just say ditto
Powerful piece penned and presented
Best wishes to You in the contest
Many blessings too
and much love~ Desire~*~
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Gorgeous prayer that brings comfort in all who read it Dollface! Could almost hear myself singing...thanks for the spiritual path you took me on! Very uplifting and inspirtaional! As always, forever learning....
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a very beautiful prayer ...
just discovering it on pentcost-monday ...
the background is amazing as well, underlining the beauty of your words ...
brava ...
maa
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It is classic Amera. Great work. My favorite part:
And His relentless love
Undying bliss when you are nigh
attend unto my cry
Three bunnies.
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Amera, this is another one from your heart. It is so easy for me to tell which ones are and aren't in your case.
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Sis, this is brilliant Such an important teaching from the good book written in rhyme. I like the background too, very appropriate. I love French poetry forms, especially rondels and rondeaus. You did well with this, thank you for sharing. Love you always. Laura x
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